Financing (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 22, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt

The Company’s long-term debt consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	November 22, 2014		August 30, 2014
5.750% Senior Notes due January 2015, effective interest rate of 5.89%	$	500,000	$	500,000
5.500% Senior Notes due November 2015, effective interest rate of 4.86%		300,000		300,000
6.950% Senior Notes due June 2016, effective interest rate of 7.09%		200,000		200,000
1.300% Senior Notes due January 2017, effective interest rate 1.43%		400,000		400,000
7.125% Senior Notes due August 2018, effective interest rate of 7.28%		250,000		250,000
4.000% Senior Notes due November 2020, effective interest rate of 4.43%		500,000		500,000
3.700% Senior Notes due April 2022, effective interest rate of 3.85%		500,000		500,000
2.875% Senior Notes due January 2023, effective interest rate of 3.21%		300,000		300,000
3.125% Senior Notes due July 2023, effective interest rate of 3.26%		500,000		500,000
Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate of 0.35% and 0.27% at November 22, 2014 and August 30, 2014, respectively		972,100		893,800
Total debt		4,422,100		4,343,800
Less: Short-term borrowings		559,235		180,910
Long-term debt	$	3,862,865	$	4,162,890